Atmosphere and Meteorology Project

Your group will be given three of the Virginia Beach Objectives related to this unit. Your group will be responsible for researching the objectives, creating a lesson and developing an activity to teach the three objectives to the rest of the class. Guiding questions have been provided to help you cover each objective. You will be using a PowerPoint slideshow as a visual aid to teach the lesson.

You will be using a variety of resources including your textbook, databases, encyclopedias, Websites, print books and e-books.

Databases-

Gale Group Database-Science in Context

Proquest e-Library

Encyclopedia-

World Book Online Encyclopedia

e-Books-

Destiny

Links

General Weather Website

1. http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.index
2. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/
4. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/index.html
5. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/
6. http://www.wildwildweather.com/
7. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
8. http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_1_1.htm
9. http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/9be8547e639b9fc8abeb43b81c9e3664,0/basics/1__Weather___Fronts_3sd.html
10. http://www.geography4kids.com/index.html
11. http://www.virginiaplaces.org/climate/index.html
12. http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1.htm
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layers of the atmosphere

• http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm
• http://www.vtaide.com/png/atmosphere.htm
• http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html

formation

• http://scijinks.nasa.gov/atmosphere-formation
• http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/atmos_origin.html

ozone

• http://www.epa.gov/glo/
• http://www.epa.gov/ozone/
• http://www.ozone.org/

Heat transfer

• http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=sce304
• http://www.atmos.illinois.edu/earths_atmosphere/heat_transfer.html
• http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/EnergyTransfer

angle of insolation

• http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/experimental/July61999siteupdate/inv99Project.Site/Pages/solar.insolation.html
• http://academic.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/0495555061_137179.pdf
• http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.Tilt

Air Pressure and Density

• http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00073.htm
• http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/3sf.html
• http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/Summer_Training/FranktonES/Convection_main_page.html
• http://www.sciencekidsathome.com/science_topics/hot_air.html

Water Cycle

• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
• http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleatmosphere.html
• http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/water_cycle.html

Humidity

• http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/whumdef.htm
• http://www.sercc.com/climateinfo/historical/avgrh.html

Clouds, dew, frost, and fog

• http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_are_condensation_nuclei.htm
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/131435/condensation-nucleus
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
• http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm
• http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

Coriolis Effect

• http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/coriolis_effect.html
• http://www.boscobel.k12.wi.us/~schnrich/uneven_heating.htm

Global winds

• http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/global.html
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurricane_globalwinds.rxml
• http://www.universetoday.com/78548/global-winds/
• http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/climatechange1/08_1.shtml

Types of Precipitation

• http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/preciptypes.htm
• http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.preciptypes

Weather Tools

• http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-instruments.htm
• http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/instruments.html

Climate

• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
• http://www.climate.gov/#climateWatch
• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
• http://www.geography4kids.com/files/climate_intro.html
• http://climate.nasa.gov/
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Global Climate Change

• http://www.climatepath.org/aboutus/science
• http://climate.nasa.gov/
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/

Formation of the Atmosphere

• http://scijinks.nasa.gov/atmosphere-formation
• http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/atmos_origin.html
• http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/Perry_Samson_lectures/evolution_atm/index.html

Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on the Atmosphere

• http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php
• http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/how-do-volcanoes-affect-atmosphere-and-climate
• http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/climate_effects.html

Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere

• http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php
• http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_1_1.htm
• http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/heat.htm
• http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~aalopez/aos101/wk5.html

Air Masses

• http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/class/frntmass.html
• http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/weather_systems/air_masses_types.html
• http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Air-masses-and-their-sources.htm
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml

Fronts

• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/home.rxml
• http://okfirst.mesonet.org/train/meteorology/Fronts.html
• http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
• http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/es/pdf/5rs_3_8-4.pdf
• http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/3sg.html

Storms

• http://www.stormdamagecenter.org/common-storm-types.html
• http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/types.html
• http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/winter_wx/Patterns.php
• http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/definition-of-hazard/tropical-storms-hurricanes-typhoons-and-cyclones/

Weather Tools

• http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html
• http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/measuring-weather-with-tools/?ar_a=1
• http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html

Clouds

• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
• http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
• http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=cloud_classification

Weather Prediction

• http://www.theweatherprediction.com/
• http://www.nws.noaa.gov/predictions.php
• http://www.spc.noaa.gov/
• http://www.ussartf.org/predicting_weather.htm
• http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/forecasttips.html

Global Wind Patterns

• http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/global.html
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurricane_globalwinds.rxml
• http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/wind.html

Jet Stream

• http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/jet.htm
• http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cyc/upa/jet.rxml

Land and Sea Breezes

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm
• http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0098-sea-land-breezes.php
• http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/sea_and_land_breeze.swf
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/sea/htg.rxml

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